Heating unit



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HEATING UNIT Filed Sept. 9, 1943 2 Sheets-Shea?` 2 JNVENTOR. M55/Pr 6. G0572 irraawfx Patented Oct. 10, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE HEATING UNIT Albert G. Goetz, Louisville, Ky. Application September 9, 1943, Serial No. 501,637

1 Claim. (Cl. 20-,1.11)

This invention relates to coal heating for houses, and aims to provide a regulated fuel supply and ash removal unit situated in the basement but isolated therefrom so that no coal or ash refuse can enter the basement, thus providing a clean and sanitary heating unit rwhich is built into the house from the beginning.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a regulated or controlled fuel feed for the furnace, adapted to be operated automatically by the thermostat in the upstairs room, in the usual manner, and in conjunction therewith a blower for controlled forced draft.

The above and other objects will become ap-A parent in the description below, wherein characters of reference refer to like-numbered parts I in the accompanying drawings. It is to be noted that the drawings are intended to serve the purpose of illustration only, and it is neitherintended nor desired that the invention be limited in any manner to the specic details of construction shown excepting insofar as the same may be essential to the invention.

Referring brieiiy to the drawings,

Fig. l is a plan view of the basement of a house provided with the unit.

Fig. 2 is a, cross-sectional elevational view taken on the line 2-2 of Eig. l.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational View of the unit.

Fig. l is a rear elevational view of the unit.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side View, partly in section, of the regulated fuel feed.

Fig. e is a cross-sectional view taken on the line t-ifi of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line l-'i of Fig. 5. A

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral ill indicates the basement compartment of a house or building, having the floor II and ceiling i2, and the surrounding walls I3, It, i5 and It. The heating unit comprises, and is confined between, the side Walls Il and I8 thereof, the front wall I9, a partition wall 2U, the top wall or roof 2i, the wall I of the basement providing the closure of the unit compartment at that end. All the enclosing walls are preferably made of suitable and durable reproof material, of which reinforced concrete would be a good example.

The upper portion of the unit comprises a coa'l hopper 22 having a floor 23 sloping downward away from the wall Ii,i and enclosed by the wall I9 at one end and the wall 24 at the other, as well as the said oor and thev ceiling 2|, and the two side walls I1 and I8. A door or window 25, on hinges or the like, not shown, is provided in the wall 24, and directly adjacent thereto a.

similar door or window, or an opening, 26, is provided in the wall I4, and thereby fuel may be chuted into the hopper from outside the house.

The furnace 21 is mounted below the lowermost end of the floor 23, and a partition 20 extends from the oor II to the floor 23, between the walls I1 and I8, with the forward portion of the furnace projecting therethrough, thus sealing off the said forward portion of the furlowest point thereof, down into the furnace above f the fire grate, whereby coal is fed into the furnace. Below the opening 35, a cylindr 36 is rotatably mounted on pivots supported in the walls of the pipe 34, and a deformation or cut-out 3l is provided in the surface of the cylinder to provide a scoop or pocket whereby, during rotation of the cylinder, a measured amount of coal is fed down the pipe 36 during each rotation. An electric motor 38 is'niounted outside the pipe 3i, and by means of a belt 39 trained over the motor pulley 2l and the cylinder pulley 40, the cylinder is rotated by the motor 38. Wires l2 lead from the motor 38, and these, together with the blower wires 33, are adapted to be led,

through the house current supply source, to a thermostat in a room of the house, not shown, in such manner that the fuel feed and the forced 1draft will be operated in commotion when the Obviously, modifications in parting from the spirit or scope of the invention. Ventilation of the unit compartment may be provided as desired.

I claim:

A structure for a house adapted to be mounted against one wall of the basement thereof with said wall providing one end wall for lsaid structure, a pair of spaced side walls extending from said rst wall, said side walls rising from the floor to the ceiling oi the basement, a front wall extending partway down from saidceiling thereby leaving a space thereunder adapted to be occupied by a. furnace, a sloping wall extending from the bottom of said last-named Wall upward toward the upper portion of said rstnamed wall and enclosing a hopper-like chamber thereabove, said sloping wall having an opening through the lowermost end thereof, and a. partition positioned rearward of and parallel with and extending from said sloping wall down to the basement floor between said side walls and having an opening extending from said oor upward to a level intermediate the height of ksaid partition, said furnace being adapted to project through said partition opening.

` ALBERT G. GOE'IZ. 

